EDMONTON — Despite calling for its demise for years, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she isn’t phased by the new prime minister’s move to kill the consumer carbon levy.

On Friday — moments after news broke that Prime Minister Mark Carney had eliminated the pricing scheme — Smith told reporters in Calgary the real test of the new federal government will be how it levies carbon pricing on industrial polluters.

Alberta has had its own version of an industrial carbon tax in place for more than a decade{ai:summary}<p>Alberta Premier Danielle Smith remains unfazed by Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to eliminate the consumer carbon levy, despite her previous calls for its removal. She emphasized that the key issue will be the federal government's approach to carbon pricing for industrial polluters. </p><p>#politics</p>

Danielle Smith not sold on killing carbon tax, calls for industrial levy plan

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